Email Exercises

1. Send email to self: subject: test1. (Check mail for reply.) (delete)
2. Send email to: new@abuse.net: subject: test2 (check for reply) (read & delete)
3. Send email to 4 classmates: subject: getting to know you (open and add each message
to address bookcreate nickname for each student)
4. Create an email message about your hobbies, interests, likes and dislikes, etc.
a. Use spell checker
b. Subject: Personal Profile
c. Send a copy to self and a cc to all four students
d. Reply to the copies you receive with suggestions to improve message
e. Evaluate your replies to original message and make necessary changes.
f. Send final improved message to instructor: douglas_goode @ yahoo.com
g. Put instructor in address book with nickname.
5. Create the following folders: favorites, personal, and exercises
a. Move all the your inbox mail to the exercises folder. (should be about 8 pcs)
Advanced exercises:
6. Create signature file with your name and a saying (mail options)
a. Save & Check: add signature to all outgoing mail.
b. cc to self and other students before emailing instructor.
c. subject: signature
d. body: Check out my new signature, Dude.
7. Create a Group mailing for 3 female or 3 male students.
a. males writing to females: subject: What I want in a woman is....
b. females writing to males: subject: What I want in a man is....
c. cc: instructor
8. Send an email attachment to instructor
a. Create file in MSWord on how you plan to improve your life.
b. save to ACE directory as: improve
c. Close Word switch to My Yahoo
d. subject: How I plan to improve my life
e. (Attach files) go to ACE directory and find improve.doc, open
f. body: See attached file.
9. Send a message to instructor that is heavily formatted and cc to 4 classmates
a. your choice of font style, color, size, alignment, and background color
b. subject: Poem
c. body: your favorite poem

Email Basics
Using Yahoos help menu in the upper right hand corner of email mode, take the tour, and
then search for the following:
Describe the default folders:
Inbox
Draft
Sent
Trash
Compose:
To:
Cc:
Bcc:
Subject
Body
Attachments
Address Book
List 3 ways to add contacts to address book:
Nicknames
What is the difference between Replying and Forwarding a message?
How do you print a message?
Why should you flag a message?
In the compose mode, what is the difference between plain verses color & graphics?
Other issues to consider:
Editing and resending mail

Editing account information (terms of service) (Mail/options/general preferences)

Inserting graphics (hotbar)
HTML mail
How do you avoid junk mail?
How do you know attachments that you receive are virus free?
Advanced: what are the protocols that send and deliver mail?
Advanced: what are filters and how do setup them up?
Explore Calendar
Add appointments
Create tasks
Send reminders
Explore Calendar Options
Print calendar
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